The works of the Rev. William Thom, late minister ... - waughfamily.ca

LETTERS, TRACTS, ^^.JSTthe profeflbrs to write a line or two like loyal and fenfiblemen ; then out he comes with his malice, andvents it to purpofe, and forms a feries of improprie--ties and ridiculous blunders, which ' are not to be paralleledin any addrefs of equal lengtli in the hiitoryof Great Britain/1 This impudent forger, whoever he was, makesthe profelTors to fpeak abfurdly, and quite out of charadler: He reprefents them not in the capacity of addreflers,but of informers, and makes them tell theking that his people are well affected : But a few perfonsfhut up in a college, and fequeftrated from theworld, have of all others the leaft accefs to know howthe fubje61:s are afFe6led: And had any in this countrybeen difafFe£ted, would it ha-ve been their bufmefsto inform againft them ? Had this paper been- reallywrote by the profelTors, they would have enlargedmoreupon their own loyahy than upon that of others.2. This addrefs could not be the work of a learnedfociety, as not a word is faid in it about learning, norfo much as a wifti for its improvement ; and yet neverwas there, in any former reign, a fitter opportunityto mention the advancement of learning in an addrefsto the Throne. His Majefty, it is well known, is apatron of learning and the elegant arts ; and of thisdie profefTors themfelves have been made fenfible.How then could an addrefs come from univerfitygentlemen, wherein that which of all things was moltproper to be mentioned by tliem is totally pafled overin filence..^3. There are in this paper feveral remarkable inftancesof the art of fmking, which learned men wouldnever have fallen into : They congratulate his Majeftyupon the capitulation of the Havannah, and thefurrender of the fhips in the harbour ; that he ha&Iriven the French out of all Hanover, and o;ut ofpart of the county of Hefle. Thefe periods are like^Under the Tropic is our language fpoke,Aad part of Fi?«j